Autumn 2012

Table of Contents

02  

From the Center Amy Peberdy

04  

Calendar

05  

Editor’s Note Dave Mance III

10  

Letters to the Editor

13  

Woods Whys: A Sawyer’s Lament Michael Snyder

15  

Tracking Tips: Breakfast in Bed Susan C. Morse

16  

Knots and Bolts

23  

1,000 Words Chris Mazzarella

24  

Whole-House Heating With Wood Pellets Chuck Wooster

30  

Where’s the Peak? How Weather and Climate Affected Last Fall’s Foliage John Burk

34  

Field Work: At Work Celebrating Raptors with Mark Baker Talbot Eckweiler

36  

On the Lookout: A History of Fire Towers in the Northeast Kristen Fountain

42  

The Overstory

44  

Why Regulated Trapping Still Has a Place in the 21st Century Mike Freeman

50  

Birds in Focus: Fat, Flight, and Fitness in a Blackpoll Warbler Bryan Pfeiffer

54  

Discoveries

 

A Comeback Through Cloning Todd McLeish

 

Pigeons Give Robots A Bird’s-eye View Todd McLeish

 

Low pH: What’s A Newt To Do? Todd McLeish

57  

Tricks of the Trade: Freeing a hung tree Carl Demrow

63  

Upcountry

64  

Woodlit

67  

Mill Prices

71  

Outdoor Palette Adelaide Tyrol

72  

A Place in Mind Julia Shipley